piece together
Example Sentences
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"And I had to sort of go backwards and piece together what had happened."
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
“They’re going to try to piece together what happened,” Birkey said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
The researchers combined genetic evidence with archaeological findings and radiocarbon dating to piece together what happened within these prehistoric communities.
From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026
It’s where I spend the most time, too, brainstorming stretch meals and challenging myself to piece together a culinary puzzle of shelf-stable ingredients and other embellishments.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
An archaeologist working 100,000 years from now could piece together a reasonable picture of Muslim belief and practice from the myriad objects he unearthed in a ruined mosque.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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